Tuesday, February 09, 2010

When polar bears hunt, they crouch down by a hole inthe ice and wait for a seal to pop up. They keep one paw over their nose so thatthey blend in, because they've got those black noses. They'd blend in perfectlyif not for the nose. So the question is, how do they know their noses are black?From looking at other polar bears? Do they see their reflections in the waterand think, "I'd be invisible if not for that." That seems like a lot of thinkingfor a bear.